A U.S. commando
(batteries included)
crawls on the tarmac
in combat gear.
A tiger-striped lobster
is trying to clamber
out of trapped seawater
onto the pier.
On a glazed footbridge
a mongol on cardboard
moves without moving,
a crippled pariah.
Characters in chalk
caption his story.
Coins beg for coins.
Hands claw in prayer.
As if he were lying
dead and invisible,
people pass by him
like water or air.
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